REFLECTION ON THE SOCIAL STATUS OF THE ADYGHE WOMAN IN THE RESEARCHES OF THE EUROPEAN AUTHORS OF THE XVII - XIX ENTURY

В данной статье анализируются исследования европейских путе-шественников, побывавших на Северном Кавказе в XVII–XIX в., затрагивающиестатус женщины в традиционном черкесском обществе. Выявленные источникиклассифицируются по сюжетам, описывающим формирование статуса женщи-ны с младенчества до достижения положения матери семейства. В настоящейстатье предпринята попытка комплексно изучить вышеупомянутые источники,выявив стороны жизни адыгской женщины, привлекавшие внимание иностранныхисследователей. This article analyzes the research of European travelers who visited the North Caucasus in the 17th - 19thcenturies. affecting the status of women in traditional Circassian society. The sources identifi ed are classifi ed by storiesdescribin This article analyses the researches of European travellers who visited the North Caucasus in the period from17th to 19th centuries, that covered the issue of the status of women in traditional Circassian society. The identifi edsources are classifi ed according to the plot describing the development of women’s status from infancy to getting theposition of the mother of the family. In this article, an attempt has been made to study comprehensively the abovementionedsources, identifying the Adyghe woman’s aspects of life, which attracted the attention of foreign researchers gthe formation of the status of women from infancy to the position of the mother of the family. In this article, an attempt wasmade to comprehensively study the above sources, identifying the sides of the life of the Adyg woman, which attractedthe attention of foreign researchers.